>>   I heard a rumor that IBM will not be supporting ADSM (as it exists n=
ow)
after
>> the end of this year.  I'm not sure what they meant by 'as it exists n=
ow'
but I
>> was wondering if anybody else heard this or if anybody received an
'official'
>> announcement from IBM.
>
>If you go to IBM's web site and search for the annoucement letters on
>ADSM you will get the full story.  In particular:
>
>999-298 19990928 Software Withdrawal: IBM and Tivoli ADSTAR
>        Distributed Storage Manager for AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Windows
NT,
>        OS/2, and AS/400 and Selected ServiceWare, Inc. Offerings --
>        Replacements Available
>
>
>Basically, the next version from ADSM 3.1 is TSM 3.7 and IBM are
>ending support of the 3.1 version some 16 months after the next one
>has been released.
>
>
>Russell
>
>(who is still waiting for his 3.7 upgrade kit ;)
>
>